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Alan McKail leaves court.

Courts & JusticePremiumJudge calls for talks in Dalkeith pergola scrap

Judge calls for “sensible exchange” after corporate jet-setter Mladen Ninkov wins an injuction over Dalkeith neighbour Alan McKail’s new patio.

Neale Prior

Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Courts & Justice PremiumMan granted bail after child exploitation confession

A former local health service worker who admitted to producing, distributing and possessing child exploitation material has been released on bail.

Tegan Guthrie

James William Nybo leaving Kalgoorlie Courthouse on Monday.

Courts & Justice PremiumMan breached FVRO after losing arm in ‘violent incident’

A man who had his arm cut off in a “violent incident” breached a family violence restraining order by reaching out to his ex-partner after the “traumatising experience”.

Tegan Guthrie

Former Broome Bishop Christopher Saunders has had his trial allocation delayed.

CrimePremiumFormer Broome Bishop’s court date pushed back a month

Former Broome Bishop Christopher Saunders has had a trial allocation hearing delayed by one month. 

Natasha Clark

The childcare centre copped a heavy $45,000 fine for the incident.

Courts & JusticePremiumHefty $45k fine dished out for 2yo found alone on busy road

A Baldivis childcare centre has been fined $45,000 for inadequately supervising a two-year-old child who was found alone on the side of a busy road after wandering away from a bush excursion.

Shannon Hampton

Emergency Services Minister Paul Papalia has slammed time-wasting triple-0 callers as ‘just stupid.’

PoliceCommentsPremium‘Stupid’: Triple-0 callers with idiotic requests slammed

Emergency Services Minister Paul Papalia has slammed time-wasting triple-0 callers as ‘just stupid’ after it was revealed thousands of people were calling the emergency hotline with idiotic requests.

Jessica Evensen

Cleveland Dodd's grandmother Roslyn Sullivan talks to the media outside court Andrew Ritchie

Courts & JusticePremiumHorrific details of teen’s final weeks in Unit 18 laid bare

An inquest into the death of Cleveland Dodd — the first juvenile to die in custody in WA — has been told that Corrective Services staff had come to ‘accept the unacceptable’ in how they treated young offenders.

Sarah Crawford and Rebecca Le May

Remains found in a national park are those of teenager Phoebe Bishop. (HANDOUT/QUEENSLAND POLICE)

CrimeVideoPremiumFamily gather 'in private' to mourn murdered girl bound for WA

A teen allegedly murdered by her housemates will be laid to rest in a funeral service as loved ones remember the ‘free-spirited’ girl.

Savannah Meacham

One of the three survivors' with Albany police at Emu Point Boat Ramp. Aristides Avlonitis in yellow jacket on right. Mate Stipinovich, front, in white blanket.

Courts & JusticePremiumDisastrous WA drug plot attempt ends in near-drowning

Sea sickness, a ‘lack of planning’ and more than 300kg of cocaine resulted in the spectacular criminal failure which led authorities to one of the most bizarre drug seizures in WA history.

Caleb Runciman

Midland detectives have charged a man over an alleged road rage incident that left a man with serious injuries to both his legs after being pinned between cars. 

PolicePremiumDriver hits man with car in alleged road rage attack

The driver allegedly drove his car at the victim, pinning him against another vehicle.

Caitlin Vinci

Jack Brearley, 24, and Brodie Palmer, 30, were both found guilty by a jury of murder after blaming each other at their three-month Supreme Court of WA trial.

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Cassius Turvey’s mother brands son’s murderers ‘monsters’

The Indigenous teen’s murderers have been jailed for life, with the judge finding the man who viciously wielded the makeshift weapon completely lacked remorse, bragging about it in a ‘grotesque display.’

Rebecca Le May

One of the three survivors' with Albany police at Emu Point Boat Ramp. Aristides Avlonitis in yellow jacket on right. Mate Stipinovich, front, in white blanket.

CRIMEPremiumDisastrous attempt at cocaine plot ends in near-drowning

A trio of amateur drug runners used a second-hand boat from Facebook Marketplace to try and conquer rough Albany seas before it capsized loaded with more than $100m worth of cocaine.

Caleb Runciman

Kimberley Quarry Pty Ltd was fined $160,000 after a worker fell more than three metres at its site east of Geraldton, resulting in serious injury.

Courts and CrimePremiumQuarry company fined $160k after worker falls, breaks back

A Geraldton quarry business has been fined more than $160,000 after a screening machine operator fell more than three metres and sustained critical injuries, including a broken back.

Josephine Hingst

Former Sen. Const. Brent Wyndham, forefront. Inset: JC.

PolicePremiumCop in controversial shooting ‘lied’ about car chase

The corruption watchdog has asked police to consider prosecuting the officer — who was acquitted of murdering an Indigenous woman in Geraldton — after forming the opinion he engaged in ‘serious misconduct’.

Jessica Evensen

 A three-day coronial inquest will probe the death of bikie boss Jamie Ginn after he died in police custody during widespread gang suppression efforts. 

Courts & JusticePremiumDates for bikie boss coronial inquest revealed

A three-day coronial inquest will probe the death of bikie boss Jamie Ginn who died in police custody during widespread gang suppression efforts. 

Caleb Runciman

Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

MiningPremiumChalmers sues Northern Minerals investor over sale order

The Treasurer is suing China-linked Indian Ocean International Shipping and Service Company in the Federal Court, alleging it had defied orders to sell shares in the WA rare earths play.

Sean Smith

Marcio Andre Do Carmo was arrested and charged by sex assault squad detectives.

Courts & JusticePremiumMarriage troubles keep accused masseur rapist behind bars

A masseur accused of sexually assaulting female clients at a massage business in East Victoria Park will have to remain behind bars for at least another three weeks.

Sarah Steger

Emergency services at the scene of a crash in Forrestfield on Wednesday night. 7NEWS

Courts & JusticePremiumDriver allegedly had no licence during lethal crash

A police chase turned deadly on Wednesday night when a young father accused of driving on a cancelled licence allegedly ran a red light and smashed into a car.

Jessica Evensen

Mechelle Turvey has poured out her grief at losing her son Cassius, inset.

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‘Our world shattered’: Mum confronts son’s killers in court

Cassius Turvey’s devastated mother has told her son’s murderers how she wrestles every day with the ‘unbearable weight of knowing he didn’t get to live the life that he deserved’.

Rebecca Le May

CBH Group's upgraded Broomehill receival site.

Contractual DisputePremiumCBH and Martinus Rail to battle it out in court

A nearly $6 million legal stoush over a payment schedule dispute between West Australia’s biggest grain handler and a New South Wales-based railway infrastructure company will be battled out in Supreme Court.

Georgia Campion

Tony Maddox, a local Toodyay real estate agent who was convicted in February for allegedly breaching the Aboriginal Heritage Act by bolstering a crossing at a creek on his property says he will appeal the decision in WA’s Supreme Court.

Legal FightPremiumTony Maddox vows to take Heritage Act fight to High Court

Embattled Toodyay landholder Tony Maddox has vowed to take his cause to the High Court if his appeal against his conviction for breaching the Aboriginal Heritage Act in WA’s Supreme Court is unsuccessful.

Georgia Campion

Cassius Turvey died from bleeding on the brain 10 days after he was attacked at an oval in Middle Swan on October 13, 2022.

Courts & JusticePremiumCassius Turvey’s murderers about to learn their fate

The men who chased down the Indigenous teen then bashed him with a metal pole are set to be sentenced, after being found guilty of murder following a harrowing three-month trial.

Rebecca Le May

Keaton-Paul Wallace outside court.

Courts & JusticePremiumFormer business hotshot admits brutal attack on ex-partner

A former corporate high-flyer has admitted brutally attacking the mother of his child and breaching a family violence restraining order more than 1000 times.

Rebecca Le May

Damien Lyndon Woods has been hit with nine new charges in Albany Magistrates Court.

CourtsPremiumMan accused of serious assaults day after being bailed

A man accused of sparking a police chase, during which he allegedly drove head-on at officers trying to stop him, has been slapped with a string of fresh charges, most of which are from when he was on bail.

Melissa Sheil